Definition of knockabout
1
:suitable for rough use
- knockabout clothing
2 a
:being noisy and rough :boisterous
- knockabout games
b
:characterized by boisterous antics and often extravagant burlesque
- knockabout comedy
3
of a sailing vessel
:having a simplified rig marked by absence of bowsprit and topmast
- a knockabout sloop
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